Not many people can say they’ve brushed shoulders with Supreme Court justices and the vice president of the United States, but at just 17 years old, Baylor High School student Chloe Smith can.
Last spring, Smith had the opportunity to put her passion for politics to work by serving as a U.S. Senate page. She was one of just 30 teens selected from across the country for the competitive six-month program.
Originally from Abingdon, Va., Smith was inspired to apply for the program after completing a Virginia State page program in her eighth-grade year.
“That’s where I really got my interest in politics,” she said. “I made it a goal ever since to apply.”
Smith recalled sobbing with excitement when she heard that she had been accepted after months of being in stuck in the application process.